Theologically, God has reserved special rights concerning Israel. He alone judges her. And He has judged her severely. But, the Abrahamic Covenant has never been revoked. History proves it. The pages of history are littered with the accounts of long extinct nations and peoples who have cursed and opposed Israel. God may use human instruments to judge Israel but they always pay a horrible price for it. Blessing Israel should be the default position for anyone who fears God.
Right now, much of this new Antisemitism centers around sympathy for the so called Palestinians. To understand this properly from a biblical and historical perspective Abraham’s curse on Ishmael, Noah’s curse on Canaan and God’s orders to Joshua concerning Canaan, the borders of Israel and the disposition of the Canaanite people all need to be taken into account. These people have been at war with the Jews since Genesis and nothing is going to change that until the Lord decides to end it. At any rate, there was no such state as Palestine until the British created it out of thin air to appease the Arabs and assure that the Jews would never have a real homeland. Antisemitism has always run deep in British culture especially among the elites. The British literally made war on the Jews after WWII to prevent them from establishing a homeland in the Middle East and thus endangering both British political control and their oil rich relationships with the Arab states.
From a practical standpoint, Americans and the rest of world show monumental presumption when they criticize Israel. Israel has been in a constant state of war either hot or cold since 1949. Every able bodied Israeli, men and women, still have to serve in the military and stay in the reserve until they age out. Their weapons and ammunition are in their homes ready for instant call up. Israeli school children can’t go outside their protected school campuses without military escort of some sort. There is constant violence on their borders and in the heart of the nation itself. Artillery and missiles fall on the nation regularly. Westerners and particularly Americans are incapable of grasping the implications of that.
The Israelis live a hard life and have a hard job surviving. They are hard people. And at times a difficult people. Most Americans can’t think from their frame of reference and delude themselves by trying to apply Western values to the Middle East. Those people were at war long before there was Western Civilization and we are incredibly naive’ if we think we will change that. If Israel drops its guard those poor suffering Palestinians would murder them all in a heartbeat and then praise Allah for the blood in the streets. All over the world they danced in the streets and handed out sweets as Americans were burning to death in the Twin Towers.
There is also a strategic military consideration. Israel is the one actor that keeps the Arabs in check. The Arabs hate them but they also fear them. Israel has been doing our dirty work in the Middle East since the 1960’s, doing a darn good job of it and paying a high price for it. They are ruthless, make unpopular moves and take the heat for it while the West and particularly the US benefit. Make no mistake the US is a whole lot safer every time the Israeli’s strike. If the Palestinians choose to make their headquarters or store their weapons in schools, occupied apartment buildings or hospitals using their own people as human shields and propaganda tools what is Israel supposed to do, let it pass and endanger their own people?
The Israelis are fighting their own war but they are also fighting OUR war on THEIR soil so that it doesn’t come here. This is hard fact that most politicians won’t admit and most Americans haven’t a clue about. Much of the Pax Americana is bought and paid for by other people around the world fighting our battles for us. They are not clean wars and the actors can’t play by our rules and survive. Make no mistake, if they weren’t fighting there we would be fighting here. That’s why we supply them, train them and then often betray them when they are no longer useful or become too embarrassing. Make no mistake, two generations of spoiled Americans have never been compelled to serve in the military or heard a shot fired in anger because, aside from a few American “advisors” and “contractors,” little yellow men in Asia, little brown men in Latin America, persecuted tribesmen in the Middle East and Africa and yes the Israelis are all doing our dirty work for us.
It is easy to say that countries like Israel are US “client states.” Israel is an exception. Israel is not our client state but rather we are theirs. There is no mention of the US in prophecy. We are useful in the ultimate historical context only so long as we bless Israel. If we ever stop we will wind up like the UK … Britain-istan. The West and particularly the US needs to remember who we are … the grafted branch, the adopted sons. Israel is the focus of both history and prophecy.
Again, for those who fear the Lord blessing Israel should always be the default and judging Israel should be left to God.
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